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Sabra' ( , pronounced tsabar; ṣabra ) is a term used to describe a Jewish person born in Israel ; the term is also usually inclusive of Jews born during the period of the establishment of the state of Israel. The word sabra derived from the Hebrew name for the Indian Fig Opuntia cactus , "tzabar", and related to the Arabic word sabr which means " aloe " or "cactus" or "patience". the allusion is to a tenacious, thorny desert plant with a thick hide that conceals a sweet, softer interior, suggesting that even though the Israeli Sabra are rough and masculine on the outside, they are delicate and sensitive on the inside. In the United States, this cactus variety is known as the Prickly Pear .¹ In 2010 over 4,000,000 Israeli Jews (70%) were Sabras, with and even greater percentage of Israeli Jewish youths falling into this category .² The term was used a lot politically by the Zionist movement , to celebrate the "New Jew" which the movement created. Unlike the "old Jew" who was born in exile , and was stereotypically bourgeois , the "New Jew" was stereotypically a kibbutz member (or a farmer in a Moshav ). "The old Jew" spoke European languages or Hebrew with a heavy accent, while the Sabra spoke the Hebrew language as a mother tongue. Unlike the "Old Jew" who did not fight for his self-defense, the Sabra fought in the Jewish resistance movements, in the Palmach and after the establishment of Israel in the IDF . The sociological characteristics of the sabra were examined by Oz Almog in his book The Sabra - The Creation of the New Jew . . According to Almog the term "Tzabar" originated from the insult "Sabras" directed towards migrants of the First Aliyah (which consisted of the first generation of native born members of the Zionist movement) by migrants of the Second Aliyah and the Third Aliyah . The changing of the meaning of the term, to emphasize the softer interior rather than the roughness, was done by the journalist Uri Kesari who published an essay, "We Are the Leaves of the Sabra!", in Doar HaYom on 18 April 1931 in the newspaper Doar HaYom in which he argued against the discrimination which was cast against the native-born by the new immigrants. The prestigenes of the Sabra person culminated in during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and especially after it ended. The Israeli public, and especially the older generation, tended to attribute the achievements of the war to the country's "sabras", while minimizing the part of the new immigrants and other groups. Even descriptions of the achievements of Operation Kadesh (1956) emphasized the image of the Sabra. The large immigration to Israel of Jews from Islamic countries during the 1950s, the penetration of Western culture and primarily the American culture, as well as the social and political changes which were created following the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War , resulted in a decline of the use of the term after the 1970s and even to pikfok in heroic myths which were attributed to the Sabra term. The Sabra the creation of the new Jew. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.³

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Sabra צבר is the word used to describe a Jew born in the Land of Israel . The word is derived from the Hebrew word, tzabar, the name of the "prickly pear" cactus (also known as the "cactus pear"), Opuntia ficus-indica . The allusion is to a tenacious thorny desert plant with a thick hide that conceals a sweet interior. v t e

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Opuntia cactus, known in Israel as "tsabar" Sabra ( , pronounced tzabar) is an informal slang term that refers to Israeli Jews born in Israel . The term first appeared in the 1930s to refer to a Jew who had been born in Mandatory Palestine or in Ottoman Palestine (cf. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Israelis have used the word to refer to a Jew born anywhere in the Palestine region or Israel. The term alludes to a tenacious, thorny desert plant, known in English as prickly pear , with a thick skin that conceals a sweet, softer interior. The cactus is compared to Israeli Jews, who are supposedly tough on the outside, but delicate and sweet on the inside. In 2010, over 4,000,000 Israeli Jews (70%) were sabras, with an even greater percentage of Israeli Jewish youths falling into this category. War Culture and the Contest of Images . Israelis, however, also appropriate the cactus as a symbol of their connection to the land and the word sabra , meaning a Jewish person born in Israeli territory, comes from the Arabic sabr . Sabra refers to all Jews who are not immigrants, but who are born in historic Palestine/Israel.

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Opuntia cactus, known in Israel as "tsabar" A Sabra ( , tzabar ) is any Jew born in Israel . The term came into widespread use in the 1930s to refer to a Jew who had been born in the land of Israel (inclusive of the British Mandate of Palestine and Ottoman Palestine ; cf. New Yishuv & Old Yishuv ), though it may have appeared earlier. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Israelis have used the word to refer to a Jewish person born anywhere in the country (inclusive of the Israeli-occupied territories ). The term alludes to a tenacious, thorny desert plant, known in English as prickly pear , with a thick skin that conceals a sweet, softer interior. The cactus is compared to Israeli Jews , who are supposedly tough on the outside, but delicate and sweet on the inside. In 2010, over 4,000,000 Israeli Jews (70%) were sabras, with an even greater percentage of Israeli Jewish youths falling into this category. In 2015, about 75% of Israel's Jewish population was native-born. War Culture and the Contest of Images . Israelis, however, also appropriate the cactus as a symbol of their connection to the land and the word sabra , meaning a Jewish person born in Israeli territory, comes from the Arabic sabr . Sabra refers to all Jews who are not immigrants, but who are born in historic Palestine/Israel.

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Jew born in Israel Prickly pear cactus, known in Israel as "tsabar" A sabra or tzabar ( , plural: tzabarim ) is a modern Hebrew term that defines any Jew born in Israel . The term came into widespread use in the 1930s to refer to a Jew who had been born in Palestine (including the British Mandate of Palestine and Ottoman Palestine ; cf. New Yishuv & Old Yishuv ), though it may have appeared earlier. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Israelis have used the word to refer to a Jew born anywhere in the Land of Israel . The term alludes to a tenacious, thorny desert plant, known in English as prickly pear , with a thick skin that conceals a sweet, softer interior. The cactus is compared to Israeli Jews , who are supposedly tough on the outside, but delicate and sweet on the inside. In 2010, over 4,000,000 Israeli Jews (70%) were sabras, with an even greater percentage of Israeli Jewish youths falling into this category. In 2015, about 75% of Israel's Jewish population was native-born. In 2020, this had further increased to 78%. War Culture and the Contest of Images . Israelis, however, also appropriate the cactus as a symbol of their connection to the land and the word sabra , meaning a Jewish person born in Israeli territory, comes from the Arabic sabr . Sabra refers to all Jews who are not immigrants, but who are born in historic Palestine/Israel.

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A Jew born in the Land of Israel A prickly pear cactus , which is known in Hebrew as "tzabar" or "sabra" ( צַבָּר ‎ ) In Modern Hebrew , the terms tzabar ( sing ; צַבָּר ) or tzabarim ( plur ; צַבָּרִים ) refer to Israeli-born Jew(s). Derived from the Hebrew name for the prickly pear cactus , which is commonly spelled sabra in English , the words had come into widespread use by the 1930s, when they were used to designate a Jewish person whose place of birth was located within the Land of Israel —corresponding with Ottoman Syria until 1918 ( cf. Old Yishuv ) and with the British Mandate of Palestine until 1948 ( cf. New Yishuv )—though it may have appeared earlier. Sabra is understood to be a term that is used to allude to the collective nature of Israeli Jews : it is a tenacious and thorny desert plant with a thick skin that conceals a sweet and soft interior. This description is the basis for the design of Srulik , a cartoon character that represents the average sabra and thus serves as Israel's national personification . In 2010, over 70% of Israel's Jewish population was composed of sabras , with this figure increasing to 75% in 2015 and to 80% in 2024. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .

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